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Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. … ~David Whyte Last year people I love and who count on me got sick. Really really sick. One was young, too young to deserve a cutting-edge 13-hour surgery with a chance of staying in a children’s hospital for a month. The… Continue Reading

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Books by Susan Lebel Young

“Food Fix is a beautiful, compassionate, heartfelt book full of precisely the medicine our culture so deeply needs right now.”

Christiane Northrup, M. D.OB/GYN physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

“Food Fixfills a gap in the resources available to individuals interested in healing their relationship to food. The emphasis on Heartfulness provides a grounding center of kindness and compassion in the process of ‘getting real with food’. Sue befriends the reader by sharing her personal experiences, peppered with cultural references to create a bridge of trust through shared humanity. She takes the reader by the hand and one chapter at a time builds a pathway toward self-awareness and ac…

Julie Gray, R.N.

“This is a courageous book. By sharing her personal journey, Susan inspires hope for a gentle, self-compassionate way out of what she calls ’Food Frenzy’. With each chapter’s Antidotes to Food Frenzy, she is right there with her reader, teaching and encouraging from beginning to end of this valuable book. (I’ve already established a new morning ritual, based on what I learned in Chapter Twelve.) Food Fix shows us the importance and healing power of mindfulness.”

“Duke Ellington said, ‘It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.’ If this is true, then Ray Lebel means a lot. On the first tee or with a cornet in his hand, he can swing! Ray is a true Renaissance man. Getting to know Ray Lebel in life and through this book redefined for me what a human is capable of.”

Tony BoffaMusician and Golf Enthusiast

“There lives in many of us a deep need to become more real to ourselves, to choose real food, to feel real feelings, and to acknowledge and honor the truth of our own lives. And that is where Susan Young comes in, because that is exactly what her marvelous book will help you do. She shares her own path with naked honesty. She writes transparently about her struggle with food, weight, and body image. She describes in deeply human terms how she has moved toward a genuine rela…

“When Maine golf champion Dr. Ray Lebel went into the hospital with heart trouble, his daughter, Susan Lebel Young, worked through the experience by keeping a journal. That journal now forms the core of her new book, Lessons from a Golfer. While she trudged through this difficult time, Young found that her father’s golf-inspired life strategies, (‘keep your eye on your own game,’ ‘tackle one shot at a time,’) gave her hope and the ability to hang in there.”

Review in Port City Life

Thanks to you, Sue, I’m now eating fruit again, which says to me that you’re absolutely right that fruit sugar is different from processed sugar. I feel great when I eat real food, fruit included. I’m not going to say it’s easy not to eat processed junk, because it was such a habit for me. Yesterday I reeeeally wanted some peanut M&Ms. But, as we’ve been practicing, I was present to that craving, present with that wanting. I noticed it without judging and without acting on it. I had some cele…

Client and student

“This wonderful story connects the dots between the game of golf and the life lessons it can teach us. Lessons is a book of the heart in every sense of the word. For every child who has ever wondered how to honor his or her father, for every golfer fascinated with the link between the game of golf and the game of life, and for every family member who has endured a health crisis with a loved one, this book is a gem. “

Nancy StoreyExecutive DirectorMaine State Golf Association

“If you are ready to break free from the seduction of unhealthful foods, Food Fix is the book for you. Susan Young shares valuable lessons from her journey to overcome dependence on high-fat, sugary foods and gives you the tools you need to take control of your health. Refocusing on healthful fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes will change your life. Susan will inspire you to nourish yourself with whole plant-based foods.”

“Food Fix: Ancient Nourishment for Modern Hungersis wonderful book. Food Fix is not another diet book, rather it is a ‘life’ book. It points to the only place you can really find nourishment and contentment which is in your heart. It’s fair to say – food is important, the body needs it to live, but it can never fulfill the longing to be whole and healed – that comes from within you. This is a work of a lifetime, may you fare well in the journey.”

Bob Stahl, Ph.D.Co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living With Your Heart Wide Open, and Calming the Rush of Panic

“Savor this book. Take your time with it. It’s the real thing, filled with the kind of wisdom that only comes from the trenches. Sue Young brings a depth of understanding to the complex food issues that entrap and entangle so many of us today. After her wholehearted efforts, over the course of decades, she has emerged from the maze and the fog to offer guidance for others who are struggling with the food koan. Sue’s voice is clear, strong and beautiful and her message is grounded…

“Food Fix will help you get underneath food cravings, habits, and old behaviors that are holding you back and keeping you from being as vibrant and radiant as you would like. Susan speaks with deep experience, passion, and great care about what total health means: body, mind and heart. Page by page, chapter by chapter, she teaches the miracles of self-nourishment. This is extraordinarily helpful in this food-crazed culture. And for an added side-effect…this way of living and eating can also impr…